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Afternoon Concert: Prom 11 repeat: Mahler Symphony of a Thousand

24/07/2018

Prom 11 repeat: Mahler Symphony of a Thousand

BBC Radio 3 - Afternoon Concert, Prom 11 repeat: Mahler Symphony of a Thousand

BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Thomas Sondergard in Mahler's dramatic Eighth Symphony

The BBC National Orchestra of Wales with Principal Conductor Thomas Søndergård and a star-studded cast, plus no fewer than five choirs, perform Mahler's mighty Symphony No 8.

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Another chance to hear the BBC NOW with Principal Conductor Thomas Søndergård and a star-studded cast, plus no fewer than five choirs, perform Mahler's mighty Eighth Symphony.

Presented by Ian Skelly at the Royal Albert Hall, London 


Mahler: Symphony No 8 in E flat major, 'Symphony of a Thousand'

Tamara Wilson (soprano)
Camilla Nylund (soprano)
Joélle Harvey (soprano)
Marianne Beate Kielland (mezzo-soprano)
Claudia Huckle (contralto)
Simon O'Neill (tenor)
Quinn Kelsey (baritone)
Morris Robinson (bass)
Southend Boys' Choir
Southend Girls' Choir
BBC National Chorus of Wales
BBC Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Chorus
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
Thomas Søndergård (conductor)

'It is the best thing I have ever done,' said Mahler of his Eighth Symphony - for which tonight the BBC National Orchestra of Wales and Thomas Søndergård, in his final season as Principal Conductor, join forces with no fewer than five choirs. One of the grandest symphonic statements of the repertoire, concluding with a dramatic setting of the mystical closing scene from Goethe's Faust, its mammoth scale matches the impressive space of the Royal Albert Hall.

Followed by recordings from this week's Proms Artists.

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